If the point of the kicking rule is to protect the players from a skate injury, then I like this call. He definitely moved his skate forward to kick it, and nearly kicked his skate up Despres' leg. If that's the purpose of the rule, then you should disallow a goal like that.

bigkam wrote:If the point of the kicking rule is to protect the players from a skate injury, then I like this call. He definitely moved his skate forward to kick it, and nearly kicked his skate up Despres' leg. If that's the purpose of the rule, then you should disallow a goal like that.